Horseshoe



(No Model.)

P. PITTON.

HORSESHOE.

No. 350,840. Patented Oct. 12, 1886..

Phi 217 7 2-2 Z'm PHILIP PITTON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HORSE SHOE.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,840, dated October 12, 1886.

Serial No. 210,0i0. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP PITTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of horse shoes designed for usein slippery weather; and it consists of an attachment in the form of a supplemental shoe for application to horse shoes of ordinary construction. The attachment consists of a pair of curved bars hinged together at their inner ends and having on their under sides pointed heel and toe calks, on their inner edges upwardly and inwardly extending or hook-shaped lugs or flanges to grip the inner edges and upper face of the shoe, and springplates riveted at their inner ends to said bars and having at their outer ends a right-angled lip or extension to extend across and grip the outer edges of said bars and the shoe, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view, viewed from the under side, of an ordinary horseshoe with my improved attachment in position thereon. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the attachment separately.

1 represents a horseshoe of ordinary construction, having the customary heelcalks, 2 2, and toe-call; 3.

4 4 represent the supplemental shoe, which consists of apair of curved bars hinged together at their inner curved ends or toe portion, as represented at 5. Each of these hinged bars has at its toe portion a sharp or pointed calk, 6, and at its heel portion another sharp or pointed calk, 7, said calks serving to afford a secure footing to the horse when traveling over ice or slippery roadways and prevent his slip ping. These calks are in the drawings shown as of equal width to the width of the hinged bars and of the shoe to which said bars are attached, and of semi-elliptical form in cross-section; but I do not confine myself to the precise shape of the calks shown, as the shape thereof may be modified without departing from the nature of my invention.

8 represents upwardly and outwardly extending lugs, formed on and extendingfrom the inner edge of each hinged bar 4, at or near the heel and toe portions,respectively,the hook-shaped upper portion, 9, of saidlugs, when the hinged bars 4 are in position 011 the shoe 1, extending over and gripping a portion of the upper face of said shoe, the vertical portion 10 ofsaid lugs 8 being of a length corresponding with the thickness of the shoe I and resting against the inner edge thereof. These lugs thus embrace the inner edges of the shoe 1 and clamp it and the hinged bars 4, forming the supplemental shoe, together at their inner edges and prevent the outward movement or spreading apart of said hinged bars when placed in position on a shoe 1. In order to securely clamp the said bars 4 to the shoe and prevent their inward movement when in position on the shoe 1, I

rivet, as represented at 11 11, to the under face of each of said bars, and near the toe or forward portion thereof,a curved flatplate-spring, 12, the rear portion of which is curved outwardly, as shown at 13, and from thence extends upwardly at a right angle to the body of the spring to form a lip, 14, which springs over and embraces the outer edges of said bars 4and shoe 1, and, gripping them, thereby holds them securely together.

My improved supplemental shoe or call:- bars is designed for ready and easy application to an ordinary shoe While the latter is upon the horses foot, and without removing the shoe or interfering in any way therewith. By reason of the hinge 5 the bars 4 can be spread apart or drawn inward to adapt them for application to shoes of different widths. While I have in the drawings shown the several calks and also the hookshaped lugs on theinner edges of the bars 4 as form ed integrally with the said hinged bars, it is manifest that either or each of said calks and lugs may be formed separately from said bars and attached thereto by rivets,screws, or analogous means without departing from my invention.

In order to apply my improved supplemental shoe or calk-bar to an ordinary shoe 1 while the latter is on a horses foot, all that is necessary is to raise the horses foot, place the toe or hinged portion of the bars 4 against the toecalk of the shoe, and then push the bars outward, whereupon the hooked lugs will embrace and grip the inner edges and upper face of the shoe, and the spring-lip will spring over and grip the outer edges of the bars 4 and shoe 1.

To remove the supplemental ice-shoe or bars 4, all that is necessary is to push the lip 14 of the plate-spring 12, attached to one of the bars 4, up so as to raise it above the shoe 1, and then press the bar inward. This act will release one of the hinged bars from the shoe 1, whereupon a similar act will release the other bar from the other side of the shoe, and the supplemental shoe will'thus be entirely rew moved from the shoe 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A supplemental ice-shoe for attachment to ordinary horse-shoes, consisting of a pair of hinged bars having, toe and heel calks, hookshaped lugs on the inner edges of said bars to embrace and grip the inner edges and top face PHILIP PITTON.

Witnesses:

HENRY J. F. WOLF, ADOLPH G. PITToN. 

